Scope, Limitations and Future Directions

Smale, Melinda and Lipper, Leslie and Koundouri, Phoebe (2006): Scope, Limitations and Future Directions. Published in: Valuing Crop Biodiversity: On-Farms Genetic Resources and Economic Change (2006): pp. 280-295.

Abstract

Concepts, theoretical principles and econometric approaches are interrelated throughout the chapters of this book, but generalizations are not so straightforward. One reason why that is although the range of empirical contexts represented is broad, the crops and countries studied were selected purposively. The selection of contexts reflects the joint decisions of the national and international scientists involved, as well as the research policy environment of the country. In other words, empirical research has been conducted in countries where at least some national stakeholders have recognized on-farm conservation of crop biodiversity as a policy issue.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: crop diversity, determinants, limitations, future directions
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q57 - Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services ; Biodiversity Conservation ; Bioeconomics ; Industrial Ecology

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